AI-generated image description: Economic comparison table showing coincident and forward-looking indicators for May 1980 vs May 2012, including consumption, production, jobs, income, inflation, stock market, and GDP forecast.

AI-extracted visible text:
Economic Comparison (May 1980 vs. May 2012)
Coincident Indicators 5/29/1980 5/29/2012
Consumption (real personal consumption expenditures*) -5.7% +1.9%
Production (industrial production*) -4.8% +5.3%
Jobs (nonfarm payrolls*) +0.8% +1.8%
Income (real personal income*) -5.7% +1.4%
Inflation (consumer price index*) +15.7% +3.3%
Forward-Looking Indicators
Stock Market (S&P 500*) -5.4% +24.3%
Consensus GDP Forecast (next six months) -1.3% +2.4%
* Annualized 6-month change as reported in real-time

Originally embedded in "Economically, Obama Is No Jimmy Carter", an article by Nate Silver: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/economically-obama-is-no-jimmy-carter/

Original source URL: https://fivethirtyeight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/538-econcomp-popup11.jpg

AI disclosure: Image descriptions and visible-text extraction were generated using Sonnet 4.6 by Anthropic.

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews